Re: new to group and have a lot of questions

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I would say that your son is at a good age for repositioning, but if

his head is more severe than maybe he would benefit more from

getting a band. I am not a professional so I can't say for sure. I

would guess that it all depends on how severe his plagio is. A lot

of doctors like you to try repostioning before they will decide if

your baby will need to be in a band.

Isabelle 8 mos STARband 1.31.06

>

> hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

with

> positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to do

is

> make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As well

as

> give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows

more

> about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

doctor

> thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have

found

> they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the better.

> Please give me some advice.

> Thank you

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thank you for your advice. Do you know about how long the doctor will

try the repostioning?? Because he doesn't have another appointment

until May 30th.

> >

> > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> with

> > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to

do

> is

> > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As

well

> as

> > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows

> more

> > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> doctor

> > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have

> found

> > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the

better.

> > Please give me some advice.

> > Thank you

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi !

Congrats on doing the research early!

I would say go to a specialist to have your son's head measured, then do the

repositioning

and have it remeasured after a month or so. That way, you can see how much

improvement comes from repositioning. You do have the advantage that your son

is only

3 months old because he is not yet moving around in the crib. My daughter, who

is very

active and has been in a big hurry ever since she figured out how to creep, can

be

repositioned, but because she rolls around and crawls around in her sleep, she

does not

stay in the position we try to put her in! Once your son is 6 - 7 months old,

he will

probably also be moving around in his sleep, and the repositioning will be less

effective.

The MD specialist I saw only measured by hand operated calipers and this did not

turn out

to be that accurate. I got a prescription for a helmet from my ped and I then

went to a

orthoticist/helmet supplier who measured with a starband laser machine, which

was very

accurate, and her Diagonal Difference was greater - .86 (more lopsided head).

So the

lesson there may be to have your son measured by the actual helmet supplier and

just pay

for the visit to them. I have been told that up to a 3mm diagonal difference

is considered

normal and over 1cm difference is considered deformed. Under the Blue Cross

definition I

was told that 8mm or .8cm diagonal difference was considered " medically

necessary " for

insurance coverage purposes. That should give you some reference.

Good Luck!!

.

> >

> > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> with

> > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to do

> is

> > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As well

> as

> > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows

> more

> > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> doctor

> > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have

> found

> > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the better.

> > Please give me some advice.

> > Thank you

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thank you for the advice. I think I will do that. Do you know if I

will need to get a referal to see a specialist??

> > >

> > > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> > with

> > > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to

do

> > is

> > > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As

well

> > as

> > > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that

knows

> > more

> > > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> > doctor

> > > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I

have

> > found

> > > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the

better.

> > > Please give me some advice.

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi , welcome to the group. is right that your son is at

a great age to try repositioning. You can try it for a couple of

months and still have time to re-evaluate your progress and decide

if you want to band him after all.

Repo is more than just making him sleep on his side though. That

was a rather simplistic definition your pede gave you. What you

want to do is make sure that he is off his flat spot as much as

humanly possible. You will want to limit if not eliminate the use

of a bouncy chair or swing. When he is sleeping, prop his shoulder

up on the flat side so his head rolls over to the round side. You

can do this by pinning a washcloth or small towel to the back of his

jammies or onesie. Also do this if he has to spend any time in the

swing or bouncy chair. I found that the bumbo seat (now available

at Babies R Us and Target among others), an exersaucer, and ny

Jump-Up were very helpful.

Give him LOTS of tummy time, even if he hates it. If he does hate

it, just do it lots of times for just minutes at a time until he

learns to like it. It really is beneficial in so many other ways

too.

If you go to our Files section under Repositioning Headquarters

there is a lot of information there to help you. If you decide to

repo your son, take pictures of his head from the top and also from

the sides periodically so that you can evaluate your progress. Also

set a deadline (mine was my dd's 6mo well baby visit) to evaluate

how the head is doing and whether you are going to continue

repo'ing.

HTH, please let me know if you need any help at all.

Becky

, repo grad

>

> hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

with

> positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to do

is

> make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As well

as

> give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows

more

> about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

doctor

> thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have

found

> they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the better.

> Please give me some advice.

> Thank you

>

>

[Guest guest]

Becky

Sarh

repo grad,

Thank so much I will try the wash cloth trick. I have found that my

son will stay on his stomach for awhile longer now that I have bought

him a poppy pillow. He seems to like that better then laying on the

ground.

> >

> > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> with

> > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to

do

> is

> > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As

well

> as

> > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows

> more

> > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> doctor

> > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have

> found

> > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the

better.

> > Please give me some advice.

> > Thank you

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

,

I think that most doctors like you to try repositioning for atleast

2 or 3 months. I am not entirely sure on that though. With my

daughter our first ped said at her 2 month check up that the right

side of her head was getting flat but she never told me to try

repositioning, needless to say I didn't care for her and I switched

peds and then at my daughter's 4 month check up they referred us to

a physical therapist and it was then that they said her head was

already too bad and she needed a helmet. But from all of the

information that I have learned from this group it seems like the

doctors like 2 or 3 months of the repositioning. Also there is some

good repositioning tips in the files section.

Isabelle 8 mos STARband 1/31/06

> > >

> > > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> > with

> > > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need

to

> do

> > is

> > > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As

> well

> > as

> > > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that

knows

> > more

> > > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> > doctor

> > > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I

have

> > found

> > > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the

> better.

> > > Please give me some advice.

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group. I see you've gotten some great advice already, I

just wanted to say welcome. Keep us posted on your little one.

>

> hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed with

> positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to do is

> make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As well as

> give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows more

> about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular doctor

> thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have found

> they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the better.

> Please give me some advice.

> Thank you

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am glad the boppy is helping with the tummy time. How severe do

you believe his flatness is? I think if you can be dilligent with

the repo and also catch a good growth spurt, then you will be

surprised and pleased at the progress you will see. Please let me

know how things are going.

Becky

> > >

> > > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> > with

> > > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need

to

> do

> > is

> > > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As

> well

> > as

> > > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that

knows

> > more

> > > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> > doctor

> > > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I

have

> > found

> > > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the

> better.

> > > Please give me some advice.

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

......BTW, I forgot to tell you, if you want to look at my dd's

progress pics (I took them monthly) look in the photos section under

Before and after/Repositioned and her name is S. THere are

the pics from the time that I was repo'ing her and also one from a

year later where you can't even tell she was ever flat.

becky

> > >

> > > hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

> > with

> > > positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need

to

> do

> > is

> > > make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As

> well

> > as

> > > give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that

knows

> > more

> > > about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

> > doctor

> > > thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I

have

> > found

> > > they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the

> better.

> > > Please give me some advice.

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group. I see you have gotten alot of good advice

already so I just wanted to say hi.

Haylee

mom to andre doc band grad

>

> hello, my name is . My son Leland has just been diagnosed

with

> positional plagiocephaly. His doctor told me that all I need to do

is

> make him lay on the opposite side to make it fix its self. As well

as

> give him plenty of tummy time. Should I go to a doctor that knows

more

> about this condition or should I wait and see what his regular

doctor

> thinks? He is almost 3months old and from all the research I have

found

> they all suggest that the sooner it gets taken care of the better.

> Please give me some advice.

> Thank you

>

>